The Chinese government released draft rules that, if passed, would require foreign companies to “apply for permission to transfer data out of the country.” The rules would allow the government to review any data package over 1TB or with information on more than 500,000 people, and potentially block it from leaving China.

M-PESA was launched nine years ago. Today almost every single household in Kenya uses it. Most Kenyans didn’t have access to traditional banks before. Which already makes mobile banking a game-changer. Now scientists say there could be an extra benefit for poor customers: Mobile banking might lift people out of poverty. Source: New M-PESA…

A Russian court on Thursday upheld a decision to block the website of social networking company LinkedIn Corp., Interfax news agency reported, setting a precedent for the way foreign internet firms operate in the country. Russia’s Roskomnadzor communications watchdog has said LinkedIn, which has more than 6 million registered users in Russia, was violating a…